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Sheriff’s Office, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), and Probation Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 172-2023 delegating authority to the Sheriff, Director of HHSA or Behavioral Health Director, and Chief Probation Officer, to accept annual funding allocations, and execute all necessary documents required to secure and maintain the California Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Justice-Involved Planning and Capacity Building Program Round 2 allocations issued by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) through December 2025, in the amount of $1,000,000 for the Sheriff's Office, $250,000 for Probation, and $450,000 for Behavioral Health, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management;
2) Delegate authority to the Sheriff, HHSA Director or Behavioral Health Director, and Chief Probation Officer to execute additional documents related to the PATH Round 2, including any amendments, that do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: State of California DHCS funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a multi-year initiative, by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of individuals on Medi-Cal by implementing a broad delivery system, as well as program and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program. The CalAIM initiative utilizes the Medi-Cal program to help address the multifaceted challenges facing California's most vulnerable residents such as individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health care access, children with complex care needs, the growing number of justice-involved populations who have significant clinical needs, and the growing aging population.
Providing Access and Transforming Healthcare (PATH) is a $1.44 billion program approved under CalAIM. It provides transitional fundin...
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